Poet Research Projects

Use the sites below to research the poet you will be writing your report on:







Dr. Suess:



1. http://www.catinthehat.org/history.htm



2. http://www.highlands.k12.fl.us/~aph/Poetry%20Month/Poetry/LehmanD%20Poetry_files/Page304.htm



3. http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/readacross/seuss



4. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3523393.stm







Shel Silverstein:



1. http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/poetry/silverstein



2. http://www.shelsilverstein.com/html/home.html



3. http://www.kidsreads.com/features/0204-silverstein-author.asp







Jack Prelutsky:



1. http://jackprelutsky.com/



2. http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/jack_home.htm



3. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/prelutsky







Walter Dean Myers



1. http://www.walterdeanmyers.net/



2. http://www.eduplace.com/kids/hmr/mtai/wdmyers.html



3. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/myersw







Bruce Lansky



1. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=2919



2. http://www.gigglepoetry.com/autobiography/autobio.html



3. http://www.todayswriting.com/article60.html







Arnold Adoff



1. http://www.arnoldadoff.com/



2. http://files.wla.org/conferences/wla2000/specialevents/aatext.html



3. http://www.orrt.org/adoff/







Edward Lear



1. http://www.nonsenselit.org/Lear/about.html


2. http://www.poemsforchildren.org/Edward-Lear-for-children.htm


3. http://www.skoletorget.no/abb/eng/lear/pdf/bio.pdf





Jane Yolen


1. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/yolen


2. http://janeyolen.com/


3. http://www.endicott-studio.com/cofhs/chnotime.html





Nikki Giovanni


1. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/giovanni


2. http://www.nikki-giovanni.com/index.shtml


3. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95580685





Nikki Grimes



1. http://www.readingrockets.org/books/interviews/grimes



2. http://www.nikkigrimes.com/



3. http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/story/0,28277,1844630,00.html



Paul Janeczko



1. http://www.paulbjaneczko.com/



2. http://edebutts.tripod.com/id29.html



3. http://www.candlewick.com/authill.asp?b=author&m=bio&id=2178&pix=n



Sharon Creech



1. http://www.sharoncreech.com/



2. http://missrumphiuseffect.blogspot.com/2010/04/poetry-makers-sharon-creech.html



3. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/contributor.jsp?id=1811



Robert Frost



1. http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/robert_frost/biography



2. http://www.classbrain.com/artbiographies/publish/robert_frost.shtml



3. http://www.frostfriends.org/places.html